The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-12
Al GETTYSBURG,


Read NJ the cani-Firc Of fiie Grand Ar
nav Of the Republic Fiith Avenue Music
Hall. Pittsburgh, Pa. oetoier sih' les8 }
With-low bent head and wander-iighted
eyes.
The soldier listened to the story Of
M wayward wand'ring twice around the
world.
And therein OF the strange, the wonderful,
And the sublime Of every sea and land,
Il was my good or evil hap 70 make
A parf of my existence esernpre
A myriad Of rnaicl-likc memories,
B.times 70 kindle feeling Of delight
Infarnc the passions of my bosom. AMI
Hume the mystic midnight II suy mind.
Now. with weir,i shimmering alirorAl dreanis
Anon. with flashing incandc-oeni thoughts-
The lightning ss,r,-i -ilhyue,ies Of God
Within the storm-raes al tie intellect
Nv tale OF travel todd. the veteran.
Tumultu,.usly moved mOment stood
with beaving bos,m and with trembling
Then. grrasping my righi hand, and glancing
from
Nv ewes 10 Heaven a. his gathered thoughts
Found ntte=anoe in gesture, look, and speech,
Pronounced these words with solemn en-
phasis
Ny friend But 10 have been where you
have been.
And to have seen wha, you have seen, by
God
would have been a louise upon your head
This happened hence q yearor more. since
then,
The soldier and his speech have haunted
me
And ever and anon ! find myself
Confronting hirn in fancy with change
OF u..ris upon the world stage Of life
having heard bis story, a. be mine
Assuming his emotion a. my own
Appropriating gesture, look. and speech
d. Nv friend But to have been where you
have been,
And 70 have seen what you have seen by
God
I would have been house upon your head
Aud WHY The soldier wore a coat ei blue,
And fought among the brave al Gettysburg
While 10 cruel tate was far away
While |. q son OF Pennsylvania
Was not among the iirsi TO stand or fall
Before the foe, beneath my mothers roof
And on her holy hearth al Gettysburg.
Unworthy 1.-The soldiers peer in age
Ignoble 1.-The soldiers peer in strength
Benothineed la vagsbond beyond
The pale of Immortality for aye
4 soldier of the country Of my birthl
All would give that have gained within
The worlds Of wonder Of the New and Old,
Had thy history within my heart
That ] might thrill a. have never yet,
While read what = written there in blood /.
/ faced my countys foe at Gettysburg
fired a shot drove a bayonet-
/ dubbed an empty gun at Gettysburg
or. glory OF all glories of the earth
/ bore the shot and shell beiattered flag
bore the blood and brain bespatterei flag
I bore the stan and Stripes at Gettysburg
Ave, veteran Of The United States
Al would give that haply have gained
Alone in eldrtch Australasian wilds,
or mingling with the millions of Cathay;
Agape in londons inwalled wonder worlds,
OR musing on the moonii Amazon;
Dreaming the dream OF marble of the Tai
Or thinking the eternal thoughts Of Rome;
Scaling Corea wall against the world
or stayed by storms in Patagonian wastes;
Amid Himal ya's heaven kissing heights,
Or Halemaumau' he.l-ignited fires,
Elate before lisi ming Emperor,
or awed at the Annointed's Holy Tomb -
All all had as thou swelled with my voice
The shout Of victory at Gettysburg
All al could a. thou now say in truth,
I share the glory of IMMORTAL MEADEf